Lumberjack Boss Josh

The head of the lumberjacks on Route 7, is none other than Lumberjack Boss Josh who is the official manager of the lumber business in Roria. His Pokemon are all Pokemon that reference cutting or sawing.

History
The player first encounters Lumberjack Boss Josh on Route 4 when a small tree blocks the player's progress. Josh then will give the player HM01 Cut, which allows the player to cut down the tree and continue on their adventure.

After the river is clogged up by the lumberjack's Bidoof's and the player successfully challenges and defeats the lumberjack's, Josh will burst in revealing himself to be their boss and will scold them briefly before returning to work. If the player decides to talk to Josh, he will tell the player to come back to him when the player has acquired all 8 gym badges from the various gym leaders across Roria.

When the player comes back once they have acquired all 8 gym badges, Josh will challenge the player to a fight. This fight is very hard as Josh's Pokemon are built specifically for PvP and also hold items to help them in battle.

Personality
Despite Josh's strict manner, he is a very friendly trainer and treats his employees fairly. If trouble arises while Josh is near, Josh will be the first to help out with the problem even helping trainers along their adventures.

Route 4
"Oh, the life of a lumberjack. Hacking away at trees for days, with your trusty axe. Pokemon can also cut down the smaller trees if you teach them the move Cut! You'll need the badge from the Silvent City Gym in order to use Cut outside of battle, but here's the HM so that you can teach it to your Pokemon!"

"Be careful when teaching HMs to Pokemon. A Pokemon cannot forgot an HM move unless brought to a specific person, known as the Move Deleter. 

Route 7
"What's going on in here?!"

"I just saw your Bidoofs outside causing all sorts of shenanigans. The gate to Lagoona Lake was flooded over by the water displacement. I had to break down the dam with my Pokemon."

"I don't mind you guys taking breaks, but you can't just let the Bidoofs get out of hand like this."

"No, you won't. I'm sticking around to keep an eye on you guys." "Well, look who's back. Our trainer friend from before. I do apologize again for the trouble my workers caused you. I see that you now have Roria's eight gym badges. That must make you a very strong trainer, right? I happen to be a trainer myself. Would you be interested in having a battle? If you win, I'll let you have something I found recently while I was out. Awesome, I can see this is going to be a good battle.  ''"You and your Pokemon did an excellent job in that battle. My Pokemon and I battle trainers so that we can be stronger as a team, and ultimately better wood cutters. Anyways, I made a promise that I would share something with you. This is something I've come to call the GS Ball. I found it when I was cutting trees on Route 9. I don't know what its purpose is, but it looks very nice. I want you to take it as a gift. Now, if you don't mind, I need to get these workers back in shape."''
 * Once the player returns with all 8 gym badges
 * After defeating Josh: "I got cut down by my opponent. How ironic."

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Trivia

 * Lumberjack Boss Josh is based on Defaultio — creator of Lumber Tycoon 2. He is equipped with a Rukiryaxe behind his back.